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Does an employer have to pay an employee wages and mileage to go to the doctor if it is workers comp claim?
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The worker's comp law is slightly different in each state. Basically if an employee is injured in the course and scope of their work, they are entitled to having the cost of medical care paid, and if they miss time from work, they are to be paid for wages they miss. There ARE limits on how much the payments are. You should look up worker's comp for YOUR state.
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Florida workers' comp can employee choice the doctor?
You can choose a doctor only if your employer does not. Florida Statue 440.13 3(c) states if the employer fails to provide initial treatment or care required by this section after request by the injured employee, the employee may obtain such initial treatment at the expense of the employer.
Is it legal for your employer to ask who your doctor is?
It is not illegal for your employer to ask who your doctor is. It is illegal for your doctor to give out your information without your consent. Many places of employement require a letter of recent phyical as a requirement of employment. The doctor's signature would be on the form.
Can an employer force you to do the job you did before you got hurt on the job?
Assuming that the injured employee is physically unable to perform the job or has doctor imposed work restrictions ... In Georgia an employer is required to provide modified work duty to accommodate the work restrictions of an injured employee. An employee should make a good faith effort to perform the modified work following the work restrictions. Discuss the matter with your local Workers' Compensation Attorney.
In California is the employee responsible for medical bills resulting from the employer sending them to a company doctor for treatment of an injury that was not job related?
Not if the employee was not given the opportunity to choose his or he own medical provider. If the employer required the employee to visit a specific care provider then the employee should be covered by his or her medical insurer or the company's.
For Illinois Workers Compensation is the employer required to pay the wages of an employee to attend a doctor appointment?
If a Section 12 independent medical exam is requested by the employer, travel expense is supposed to be advanced before attending the exam. If a worker also has a lost day's wages to attend the exam or 1/2 a day's wages lost, then the workers comp act provides for reimbursement of the lost wages or partial lost wages. An employer is not required to pay lost wages to attend a treating doctor's visit appointment. That is normally to be scheduled for off work hours.
Can an employer call and verify that an employee actually went to a doctor's appointment?
If you are in the UK, then your doctor should not give this information under patient confidentiality guidelines upon initial contact. However, if your employer is really bothered, they could apply for a comprehensive employee medical report which may contain appointment dates etc.
Can an employee be dismissed for refusing to allow an employer to view his medical records?
Very little of the health record privacy law (HIPAA) applies to employers, but this is in there: employers cannot compel you to reveal medical RECORDS except those needed to claim a medical-based benefit like FMLA, workers comp, or ADA accommodation. The employer can compel you on pain of discharge to demand necessary records from your doctor, who cannpot refuse YOU. The employer cannot demand records from your doctor, but can hire a doctor to demand the records and review them.
Can an injuried employee get sent home by employer while he is working with restriction by the doctor?
Yes, employers can send employees home for any reason satisfactory to the employer. Doctors have no power over employers, who OWN the jobs and set what work schedules they wish. One reason an injured employee might be sent home when a doctor assigns restriction is that the employer cannot provide work that meets those restrictions.
Do you have to go to a workers comp doctor?
THis question can not be answered without knowing the state. Every state has different w/c laws, some allow you to see your own doctor, some require you to see a doctor chosen by the employer, some allow you to see your doctor for a time, then switch to one required by your employer.
How long for quest diagnostic to get drug test result to employer?
Quest Diagnostic does drug testing for many employers. After the sample is taken and sent for analysis, a doctor must check it. If the sample is positive for drugs, the doctor contacts the employee or potential employee before releasing results to the employer. Results are received in one to two weeks after testing.
If you return to work on light duty will you get a paycheck from your employer and workers comp?
No. Because the doctor has verified that are able to work, and you are receiving a normal paycheck on company time. Now a check from workers comp may overlap with your employer pay, but, once workers comp has been notified, that you are working, light duty or otherwise, those payments will stop.
Can an employer ask an employee about health concerns that makes them late to work?
Yes, if it's on going. In British Columbia, Canada when a person is off work for three days or more an employer can ask for a doctors note. It's best to get a doctors note if possible because the doctor will only tell the employer that you are being treated, but won't tell the employer what you are being treated for (patient/doctor confidentiality.)
